goof up

goof up

1. To bungle something or make a mistake. Boy, I really goofed up that math problem. How did I get a negative number as my answer?
2. To cause someone to bungle something or make a mistake. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "goof" and "up." There was a mistake in her notes that really goofed me up and caused me to get a negative number as my answer.
See also: goof, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

goof someone or something up

Inf. to mess someone or something up; to ruin someone's plans; to make something nonfunctional. Who goofed this machine up? Who goofed up the machine?
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goof up (on something)

Inf. to make an error with something; to blunder while doing something. Please don't goof up on this job. If you goof up one more time, you're finished.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

goof up

Blunder, make a mistake, spoil. For example, I really goofed up and got all the dates wrong. This expression emerged in the military during World War II, along with the synonymous goof off. Quite often up is omitted, as in Sorry, I goofed. [Slang; c. 1940]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

goof up

v.
1. To make a mistake, especially out of confusion or ignorance: You really goofed up by not telling your parents you were leaving. I didn't follow the instructions for the job carefully, so I goofed up.
2. To cause someone or something to blunder: The directions to the park were confusing and they goofed me up. You're not alone in getting lost; that fork in the road goofs up everybody.
3. To perform something badly; blunder in executing something: You really goofed up the spelling section of the test. The band didn't rehearse enough before the concert and really goofed the march up.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

goof something up

tv. to mess something up. I hope I don’t goof up the report again.
See also: goof, something, up

goof up

verb
See goof
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goofed (up)

1. mod. messed up; out of order. All my papers are goofed up.
2. mod. confused; distraught. I was up too late last night, and now I’m all goofed up.
3. mod. high on drugs. Bob’s a little goofed up after partying too much.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • goof something up
  • goofed up
  • goofed
  • goof
  • bungle up
  • louse (something) up, to
  • louse something up
  • louse up
  • futz something up
  • futz up
References in periodicals archive
Hyderabad: Telangana State Board of Intermediate Examination (TSBIE) continues its goof ups even after recounting of marks of the failed students.
Telangana fails students again
California [USA], Sept 27 ( ANI ): Photographer Heidi Levine, who had clicked picture of a Palestine girl with pellet injuries on her face that was shown by Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi at the UN and claimed it to be from Kashmir, said she was grateful to the media for pointing out Islamabad's goof up.
Grateful to media for pointing Pakistan's goof up at UN: Photographer Heidi Levine
Brown water from the taps, toilets that don't work, dangerous slopes, fractured shoulders from unprepared runs, jammed doors, broken knobs, notices requesting toilet paper be thrown in the bin not flushed, falling light fixtures, a string of firecracker goof ups formed a social media stampede started by an unknown Canadian journalism student Alex Broad who has got more publicity than any of the medal winners.
There is no icing on these cakes
The site allows the user to revisit all the important events, personalities, goof ups, celebrations and hits & misses of 2010, but with a comic twist.
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There have been some high-profile goof ups recently that can be blamed on investigators relying too heavily on science.
Blinded by technology
I think there will be a situation where Kapil Sharma' show will take a beating, as if the television shows Rahul's goof ups then you will get all the entertainment," Modi said.
Modi takes potshots on Rahul at Jhansi, criticizes gun-culture
DOCTORS' miscommunication with nurses, patients and their families often becomes a source of goof ups. This usually happens when patient information, such as recent change in the condition, is passed over from one caregiver to another, from one team of caregivers to the next, or from caregivers to the patient and family.
When gloves aren't enough
Last, you have certainly kept the world entertained with the endless list of silly goof ups. The world should not make a mockery of your presidency as you yourself have provided the subject matter.
Dear Mr Bush